Category: We Want to Be Happy

Why would anyone be grateful for heartache? Why would anyone be grateful for that sadness that splits the chest open and makes the heart break? Why do we hurt in our physical hearts when our emotional hearts are broken? Isn’t it weird (and sad) that it really is possible to die of a broken heart,…

There is plenty of information on the internet about gratitude. Many people have written about it. There are blogs and best sellers. There are images and charts and calendars and suggestions. Here is an image from VivaLaMe.com giving us “the 101 of Gratitude.” The blog post quoted below includes the topics “What is Gratitude?,” “Benefits…

Here’s an interesting twist on the gratitude topic. This entire blog is about gratitude, learning to be grateful, choosing gratitude, practicing gratitude … and the joy that comes from gratitude. This speaker says everyone needs to be praised for what they do well and thanked for things they do for us. She said we need…

“All of us want to be happy. In this, we are all together … It is a lot that we have in common that we want to be happy.” “Some people would say it’s easy. If you are happy, you are grateful. But, think again.” “It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is…